Genesis 40:14, commentary and pictures

Joseph's plea follows immediately upon his interpretation of the chief butler's dream, that in three days he would leave prison and be restored to Pharaoh's favor to put the cup into his hand as before. In that moment he asks to be thought upon when it goes well with the butler, to be shown kindness, to be mentioned to Pharaoh, and to be brought out of the prison house so that he may be released. He grounds the request in gratitude for the interest he had shown the butler, the kind treatment he had given him, and above all the relief from distress of mind brought by the interpretation. In touching manner he alludes to his own captivity and rests the plea on innocence and unjust imprisonment, that he was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews and had done nothing to deserve being put into the dungeon.

The butler forgot the request after being restored to his position, but later remembered Joseph and acknowledged to Pharaoh his forgetfulness and ingratitude. The verse belongs to the account of the butler's and baker's dreams in Genesis 40:12-20, whose predicted events unfolded within three days. Those three days were once only a matter of prophecy and were then fulfilled in accordance with the prediction, making them an example of a stated prophetic time fulfilled as predicted.

With other fulfilled time predictions, this proves that predicted events occur within the given time. So the chronological periods of the Bible extending to the second coming of Christ are times beforehand appointed by God and revealed to His servants that will likewise be fulfilled.